Filip Benko (born 4 March 1986) is a Swedish actor of Croatian descent. While Benko studied at upper secondary technical school he recorded his first feature movie in 2004, '' Sandor slash Ida'' based on the novel with the same name by Sara Kadefors, he portrayed the part of Sandors older brother, Aron. After his first movie Benko filmed a variety of short movies until the director cast him as the lead in his first motion picture, ''Knäcka''. Soon after, Benko was cast as the character Markus Niklasson in the TV-show ''

Andra Avenyn ''Andra Avenyn'' (in English ''Second Avenue'') is a Swedish drama series and soap opera, produced by SVT (Swedish Television) and broadcast from 2007 to 2010. Three series were produced. The show was created by Peter Emanuel Falck and Christia ...

''. Benko studied computer science at

Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technolo ...

2004-2008 and speaks

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and

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

fluently and speaks

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intermediately.

Filmography

*'' Sandor slash Ida'' - Aron (2004) *''

Drowning Ghost ''Drowning Ghost'' ( sv, Strandvaskaren) is a 2004 Swedish slasher film directed by Mikael Håfström and written by Lars Yngwe "Vasa" Johansson and Håfström. It stars Rebecka Hemse, Jesper Salén and Jenny Ulving. Plot The movie opens at a b ...

'' - Student (2004) *''Livet enligt Rosa'' - Tompa (2005) *''La-la-land'' - Eric (2007) *''Vildsvinet'' - Arvid (2007) *''

'' - Marcus (2008) *
Knäcka
' - Goran (2009)

Nominees and awards

* ''Aftonbladets TV-pris'' - Nominated - Best male actor 2008 * ''

Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan may refer to: Food and drink * Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo" History * Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953 Hotels and resorts * Cosmopoli ...

Sweden'' - #2 of "Swedish top 10 sexiest males 2010"''Cosmopolitan Sweden'', October 2010

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benko, Filip 1986 births Living people Swedish male actors Swedish people of Croatian descent People from Huddinge Municipality